ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 330113
| Date: | Saturday 18 August 1973 |
| Time: | 18:51 |
| Type: |  Antonov An-24B |
| Owner/operator: | Aeroflot / Azerbaijan |
| Registration: | CCCP-46435 |
| MSN: | 87304305 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7374 hours |
| Cycles: | 5502 flights |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 56 / Occupants: 64 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 4,3 km E of Baku-Bina International Airport (BAK) -
 Azerbaijan
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Baku-Bina International Airport (BAK/UBBB) |
| Shevchenko Airport |
An uncontained no. 1 engine failure on takeoff from Baku forced the crew to return to the airport. While manoeuvering, the left had wing tip struck a cable at an oil rig at Neftyanyye Kamni oilfield. The aircraft descended until it struck a pipe line 161 m further on. It struck another pipe line and went over an oil waste pits before coming to rest. A fire erupted.
Sources:
Soviet Transports
airdisaster.ru
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